August was a fairly dull month, the roses were between flushes and the dahlias were eaten by slugs so many times, that there were hardly any flowers on them.
But, with the warm September came a new flush of flowers, most roses are again in full bloom and looking great.
Rosa 'Raphsody in Blue'
I guess cutting the roses back quite hard when dead-heading them keeps the shrubs neat and tidy, just the way I like them, but delays somewhat the next flush of flowers.
Unknown white rose saved from the original garden
Unusually the spring flowering viburnum also flowered, though it's already showing the beginning of autumn colour.
Viburnum 'Watanabe'
